A number of former politicians who were automatically ejected form the Center Party after being found guilty at a criminal trial, could return after the party removed the clause of automatic expulsion.

The party near-unanimously voted to retract the clause, allowing Priit Toobal and Lauri Laasi to remain in the party, after being found guilty of instigating unauthorized surveillance.

Party Chairman Edgar Savisaar himself is a suspect in a criminal case involving bribery, but Postimees has drawn up a list of former politicians who could make their way back to the party and perhaps even to politics.

Elmar Sepp and Ivo Parbus received a guilty verdict in mid-2013 and were ejected from the party. Both men served a short period in prison for bribery offenses. Both were Tallinn city officials and both told the daily that they have no plans to return.

Former agriculture minister and MP Ester Tuiksoo was thrown out of the party and the Parliament in July 2014 for accepting bribes. Although not a member of the party any more, she is still active, leading the Center Party's womens' organization KENA.

Former MP Urbo Vaarmann was also convicted of bribery and ejected from both the Parliament and the party.

Following the local elections in October this year, Reform Party founder, former prime minister, EU commissioner, and presidential candidate Siim Kallas took on the job of municipal mayor of Viimsi, a community on the outskirts of Tallinn. In his interview with ERR's Toomas Sildam, Kallas talks about local government, his party, the EU presidency, and perspectives in Estonian politics.